This week Lori put together a great unit linking yoga and the Chinese New Year. We talked about how yoga helps you know yourself and who you really are. The kids each found what sign of the Chinese Zodiac they were and the personality traits that go along with that animal. We talked about these traits and if they thought that they were correct. This started a great discussion about how many of them felt that the traits listed with their particular animal did fit their own personality, but that they were also much, much more than those traits. This is why we love teaching kids! Of course they know that they are much more than a few personality traits! They each chose two traits that and wrote about it or drew pictures of it. Our youngest student (5) drew a picture of himself on a bike because his zodiac trait was athletic.
We also did many backbends during practice. Backbends are always fun with kids because they are just so flexible. It's great for Lori and I to see them do poses that, for us, are extremely challenging, but to them are easy. It was an energetic practice that had them very excited and wanting to show us more and more poses that they could do and we couldn't! Our hope is that through this yoga program, we can help kids continue to have a wonderful self esteem. By teaching them to know more about who they really are, they will be able to stay true to themselves throughout their childhood.
Each and every week we are so thrilled to see so many kids excited about doing yoga. They are very open to new poses and new ideas. Our Yoga 4 Youth classes inspire us to be more creative and fun in our adult classes too. We are currently working on a summer program, so please look for information on that very soon!
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